“… we
have allowed patriarchal mass media to represent the entire movement (feminism)
based on hatred rather than in love. Visionary feminism is a wise and loving
politic. The soul of our politics is the commitment to end domination. Love can
never take root in a relationship based on domination and coercion. … When we
accept that true love is rooted in recognition and acceptance, that love
combines acknowledgment, care, responsibility, commitment and knowledge, we
understand there can be no love without justice. With that awareness comes the
understanding that love has the power to transform us, giving us the strength
to oppose domination. To choose feminist politics, then, is to choose love.”
~bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody, Passionate Politics
Painting by Elisabeth Slettnes
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